Improving My Writing Skills

My entire life, reading and writing have always been my weaknesses. Coming from a Hispanic household, the way things are said and written does not usually translate the same way to English. As much as I have always tried to push myself and keep improving, I feel like I have reached a point where I need a small push and guidance to take my writing to the next level. From my high school, I learned a lot of writing technics and have some small grammar lectures every now and then. Writing my research papers, preparing speeches, and all the college essays have given me lots of practice with different writing styles and methods. Yet, I still have not found one that I feel the most confident in. This semester, I truly wish to improve the transitions

I have had little experience with both academic and professional writing in my life. In high school, I had received mediocre passing grades in English classes. My professional writing consists of a few emails to colleagues throughout the day as well as disseminating information to my subordinates on a dry-erase board during pre-shift meetings. However, as I continue my education, I am beginning to see my confidence increase as my relationship with writing grows.

At first when Jean (the head of the Houlton Higher Education Center) and I decided to sign up for PCJ I was kind of hesitant at first to take this class. Jean told me that the class had a lot of writing and my writing was not the best. At first I was not sure how the class would play out and or if I was going to pass it so, I decided to give to give the class a try. When the class started, I hoped to learn how better shape my writing skills.

During this semester, I’ve made a lot of progress with my writing skills. I had trouble recursively engaging myself in the writing process, and using technology to complete/enhance my writing and research projects. I struggled with these because I was too afraid to ask for help due to me thinking I would seem uneducated, or people would think I didn’t know what I was doing, which was true. Overall, I was scared that my teachers would think I’m not paying attention in class and I would lose respect from them. I would also find it hard to find more reliable information, and cite it correctly to prevent my essay from being so short. I improved my weaknesses by working with my peers and asking around to help me, and look for websites that has experts and is not available for just anyone to sign in and say what they believe is valid.

Time went on, I stopped writing everyday and just wrote the days I was upset or couldn’t sleep. There was a point in time when I would wake up having really weird dreams, so I started writing them down; furthermore, to try and help figure them out. In addition to, three years ago I started writing to myself a year from whatever date that would be on. Focusing on how I pictured my life a year from then, or what I wanted to have accomplished by then. I wrote those letters for emotional release and to have something to look forward to reading in the future. The major issue I assume that I have with writing actual papers is that, I’m so used to writing a journal, therefore it’s hard adjusting to new ways.

Being in Professor Chambers’ class has definitely taught me a lot. Coming into this class, I was more than sure I knew everything I needed to know about writing; plus I had always deemed myself as a wonderful writer. Her lessons challenged me to think outside of the box. The most helpful lessons for me would be the correct usage of commas and semicolons and to make scratch outlines before jumping into writing my papers. Also the helpful websites such as Grammarly.com and Paperrater.com also helped me during this unit and I will continue to use them in units to come. There is a lot more to writing than just throwing a couple sentences together, and being in this class taught me that.

Regarding the writing log that I completed last week, I was very impressed with the amount of writing that I did within seven days. I felt very accomplished; as this was, the first time that I feel had worked on writing in a context that was not related to my schoolwork in quite some time. On the subject of Silvia’s writing log example, scheduling I believe contributed to my success when writing last week. Creating a schedule encouraged me to write, as I would place my writing time every day after I got home from work. Setting my daily writing time after work helped me clear my mind after a busy day and unwind by working on a presentation or article for a local magazine in the area I live. By keeping a log similar to Silvia’s, has enabled me to keep a daily track of my word count. This record helped me not only to set word goals, but it also aided me in setting some hours that I would write a day.

The importance of writing at a college level is essential to communicate effectively without speaking.

It’s less than a year since my family and I migrated here in Canada and I have gone through all sorts of things already. I started attending school 2 weeks after arriving from the Philippines and the school is already halfway through the semester. I had a lot of catching up to do but it is not that hard since I already learned the lessons before. Everything went well until the new academic year started. I thought I already know a lot about the lesson but then I realized I only very little.

I have been doing Daily Writing for about ten months now. I started writing from the first day I stepped into my ERWC class. The Daily Writing Activity is when the teacher writes a famous quote on the board and the class then has to reflect on quote in our own words. When I first started it was fairly easy but as the school year went on, we were assigned to add more steps to our writing. At first I felt panicked because I thought I wasn’t going to be able to write fluently but eventually it just became something natural to me.

There are many different things a person can do to improve their skills as a writer. Some are as simple as read more and write a lot. A good strategy that I use is to write down all of my ideas as soon as I think of them. Having these written down helps because they can inspire me and help me go directly into writing. That blank piece of paper staring at you may be intimidating, but don’t think about it, just start writing. A really good way to improve your writing skills is to practice.

Learning to be an adequate writer is something I strive for but don’t feel I have yet accomplished. In the past, I can remember spending countless hours sitting and thinking what I should write about. I think my biggest problem is figuring out how to actually put on paper what I am thinking. I am also concerned that the paper I write will not fully express what I am actually trying to say. I have found that if I am in a situation where I have to think of something on the spot or I am timed, I feel very overwhelmed and freeze up. However, I feel one of my strengths would be that I feel fairly comfortable with the rules of grammar and I enjoy that part of English. I can remember in high school I always did really well on my grammar test

I am in the same boat with you when it comes to writing skills. I know I wasn’t born with it at all but I try every day to better my writing skills. It has been difficult trying to not write how I talk. When I carry on a conversation it sounds normal and correct but when you put it on paper it doesn’t quite make me look to intelligent. I also agree with you about passing on the ten tips for anyone that does any amount of writing.

Writing is an essential part of learning and is a skill that we all have to master over time, especially throughout our years dedicated to school. As a writer I feel comfortable in my ability to write and express my feelings over a topic. Even though I feel this way, I know there are several things I need to improve before I can be completely satisfied with my writings. This year I feel I will be able to accomplish this goal. In order to do this I will write about many different topics and use many different forms of writing. In the past I have written lots of pieces involving various stories, recollections, and reports. Through these experiences I have been able to develop a basic understanding of a few different types of writing styles, vocabulary and the many tones you can use to set the mood. By learning these things and reading the works of other authors, I have been able to expand my vocabulary and make the overall process of writing much easier to perform at a high level. Even though all of these things have helped me greatly, I still have a lot of things to learn in order to improve my writing.

The process of writing a song is more complicated than most people think. There are many steps to take, and it can be done in various ways. Not every song is written in one sitting, and often songs aren’t even written by a single person. I am very interested in songwriting, and I have even written my own songs. I am pretty good at songwriting, but I am not perfect. I want to improve my songwriting so that I can become a great professional songwriter. Someday, I hope to be a great songwriter, like the ones that I admire and look up to, such as: Prince, Eminem, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Machine Gun Kelly, Michael Jackson, and Jimi Hendrix. However, I have a lot of work to do before I am as great as my idols. There are many ways to improve